23 h. ago Teachers strike after Jamaican staff 'targeted' at south London school

Teachers at a school in Beckenham have complained about being ‘severely overworked to the point of exhaustion’

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3 d. ago Can you see circles or rectangles? And does the answer depend on where you grew up? | Anil Seth

We may believe we see the world exactly as it is – but as studies of optical illusions show, it’s far more complex than thatAnil Seth is a professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of SussexDo people from different cultures and environments see the world differently? Two recent studies have different takes on this decades-long controversy. The answer might be more complicated, and more interesting, than either study suggests.One study, led by Ivan Kroupin at the London School of Economics, asked how people from different cultures perceived a visual illusion known as the Coffer illusion. They discovered that people in the UK and US saw it mainly in one way, as comprising rectangles – while people from rural communities in Namibia typically saw it another way: as containing circles. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago New London prepares to market former school with help of contaminant report

New London prepares to market former school with help of contaminant report  The Day

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6 d. ago London Welsh school's future uncertain as first minister has doubts

London Welsh school's future uncertain as first minister has doubts  BBC

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7 d. ago ‘Distraught’ families say they may have to homeschool SEND children if school forced to close amid VAT raid

Families in last-minute battle to save Bishop Challoner School in London which faces closure on last day of term amid financial pressures

Society

9 d. ago Atlanta Falcons' Drake London Delivers Huge Surprise To High School Alma Mater

Atlanta Falcons' Drake London Delivers Huge Surprise To High School Alma Mater  Sports Illustrated

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9 d. ago Wimbledon expansion: School leaders say tennis club plan will bring 'crazy' pollution nightmare

A battle is raging over the future of Wimbledon Park due to plans for a massive expansion of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

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9 d. ago NFL'er Drake London buys California high school football team new cleats

NFL'er Drake London buys California high school football team new cleats  On3.com

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1 week ago Samurai sword murderer gets life in prison for a rampage that killed a London schoolboy last year

A man who was armed with a samurai sword when he murdered a London boy on his way to school has been sentenced to life in prison

Events

1 week ago Leeds school drama group performs at London's National Theatre

Leeds school drama group performs at London's National Theatre  BBC

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1 week ago Two Met Police officers guilty of gross misconduct after ‘humiliating’ strip search of Child Q

‘Child Q’ was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis when she was searched at a school in Hackney, east London, in 2020

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1 week ago Five central London schools in mergers as falling pupil numbers devastate school finances

Five schools to become just two in Westminster as school closures continue to mount in capital

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1 week ago Corpus Christi approves narrower streets for London area with modification for school district

Corpus Christi approves narrower streets for London area with modification for school district  KRIS 6 News Corpus Christi

Culture

1 week ago WATCH | #TheMoment lightning struck a London, Ont., high school, disrupting graduation ceremony

WATCH | #TheMoment lightning struck a London, Ont., high school, disrupting graduation ceremony  CBC

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1 week ago Parents launch fundraiser in bid to save London private school closing due to VAT pressures

Families devastated after Bishop Challoner School announces closure at the end of academic year

Economics

1 week ago Courts pushing back on corporate carbon offsetting claims, LSE report finds

Scrutiny of how companies plan to meet climate commitments is growing, with many successful legal challengesJudges across the world are proving sceptical of companies’ attempts to offset their greenhouse gas emissions by buying carbon credits, a report has found.In an analysis of nearly 3,000 climate-related lawsuits filed around the world since 2015, the latest annual review of climate litigation by the London School of Economics found action against corporations in particular was “evolving”, with growing scrutiny of how companies plan to meet their stated climate commitments. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sikyong Penpa Tsering Interacts with Tibetan Youth at the London School of Economics

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Interacts with Tibetan Youth at the London School of Economics  Central Tibetan Administration

Economics

2 w. ago Nearly 600 people expected to die in UK heatwave as temperatures soar across the country

Experts at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Imperial College London used decades of UK data to predict excess mortality during the hot temperatures from Thursday to Sunday.

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2 w. ago The school where NONE of the pupils speak English as first language

Kobi Nazrul primary school in London 's East End is unique. It's thought to be the only school in the country with no pupils who speak English as a first language.

Politics

2 w. ago Teenager jailed for killing school friend in east London park

The teen was found guilty of the manslaughter of 15-year-old Pharrell Garica

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